One of the goals of mathematical modelling of ecological systems is to understand the fate or long term dynamics of such system. The main method to study such fate has been through the analysis of the attractors in a model [1]}. Recent years have seen an increase in the interest of understanding non-attractor dynamics (hereafter transients) of the models, especially those that resemble an attractor for a long period of time (hereafter long transients) [2]}. Long transients have gained recognition as a theoretical tool to better describe population dynamics by allowing the study of dynamics that occur in a more biologically relevant timeframe [3]}. In addition, an understanding of long transients can inform conservation and natural resource management goals. For example, identifying that a positively-valued long-term behavior observed in nature is actually a long transient and what causes it can guide management to prolong it [4]}.
